3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

briefing

noun: detailed instructions, as for a military operation

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

briefing \briefing\ n.

1. giving detailed instructions, as for a military operation. [WordNet 1.5]

2. a detailed set of instructions before an operation, given to those who are to execute it. [PJC]

3. a summary report of an operation or event after it has occurred, by a participant or observer. [PJC]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

129 Moby Thesaurus words for "briefing": account, acquaintance, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, airmanship, announcement, appointment, arrangement, basic training, bespeaking, blue book, booking, brief, bulletin, caution, caveat, clearing the decks, communication, communique, consultation, council, counsel, data, datum, direction, directions, directory, dispatch, employment, engagement, enlightenment, equipment, evidence, exhortation, expostulation, facts, factual information, familiarization, final instructions, fixing, flight plan, flying lessons, foundation, gen, general information, groundwork, guidance, guidebook, handout, hard information, hiring, hortation, idea, incidental information, info, information, instruction, instructions, intelligence, knowledge, light, makeready, making ready, manufacture, mention, message, mobilization, monition, notice, notification, opinion, orders, parley, pilot training, pilotship, planning, prearrangement, preengagement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, presentation, pretreatment, processing, promotional material, proof, propaedeutic, proposal, provision, publication, publicity, readying, recommendation, release, remonstrance, report, reservation, retainment, rundown, sidelight, spadework, statement, suggestion, taking on, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, thought, training, transmission, treatment, trial, tryout, warm-up, warning, washout, white book, white paper, word

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